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Lifestyle
Family, aging, sleep and everyday health.
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Lifestyle
Spanked Children More Likely to Be Aggressive
A Tulane School of Public Health study surveyed 2,500 mothers and found children spanked frequently at age three showed more aggression at five. The link held after accounting for family violence, neglect, maternal stress or depression, and drug or alcohol use.
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How to Prevent Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Naturally
Research in the Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases found low serum vitamin D raised the risk of carrying MRSA in the nose, even after adjusting for age, race, recent antibiotics, recent hospitalization and poverty. Vitamin D status may therefore be a modifiable risk factor.
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Walking helps reduce stroke risk
Among 39,315 female health professionals, women who walked at 3 mph or faster were 37% less likely to have a stroke and those walking two or more hours a week 30% less likely. This was not a trial, and the writer notes diet or other habits could explain the difference.
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Couples with miscarriage and stillbirth more likely to break up
Analyzing 7,770 pregnancies from the National Survey of Family Growth, University of Michigan researchers found couples who miscarried were 22 percent more likely to break up and those who had a stillbirth 40 percent more likely, with risk lingering up to nine years.
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Kids Lose Pounds, Gain Fitness, in Houston Study
In a six-month ARS-funded study of 57 overweight Houston middle-schoolers, those in an instructor-led program of four outdoor fitness classes and one nutrition class a week lost significantly more weight, and reported better physical quality of life, than peers given a self-help textbook.
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New Study Suggests Asthma Could Have a Natural Fix!
In a study of African American children in the Washington, DC area, 86 percent of those with asthma had insufficient vitamin D levels, against 19 percent of children without asthma. Mercola notes breast milk is often low in the vitamin.
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How to Prevent Lower Back Pain
Mercola lists habits for protecting the lower back: stretch before strenuous activity, sit with lumbar support and shift position often, lift with the legs, sleep on your side on a firm surface, keep weight down, quit smoking, and get enough vitamin D.
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Consumer Protection Committee Announces Baby Sling Recall
Infantino has recalled more than one million baby slings sold at Target and Wal-Mart after three infants suffocated in them. The commission advises parents not to use the slings with infants under 4 months, who lack the neck strength to turn their heads.
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5 Things That Can Make You Happier
Five habits research has linked to greater happiness: writing letters of gratitude, even undelivered ones; visualizing an ideal future in a journal; writing down three good things each week; finding new uses for your strengths; and giving time or money to others.
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Breast cancer survivors may have babies
A meta-analysis of 14 studies presented in Barcelona found no added recurrence risk among breast cancer survivors who became pregnant, who were 42 percent less likely to die than survivors who did not. Hatem Azim cautioned that healthier women may be the ones choosing pregnancy.
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Lifestyle responsible for 30 percent of breast cancer cases
Carlo La Vecchia of the University of Milan told a Barcelona conference that if women were thinner and exercised more, breast cancer risk could drop by 25 to 30 percent. He suggests heavier women produce more estrogen, which promotes breast cancer growth.
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Bad News Ladies, It Takes More Exercise Than You Think
A JAMA study followed more than 34,000 non-dieting women, average age 54, for 13 years and found it took about an hour a day of moderately intense activity to fend off weight gain in those not already overweight. Only about 13% of the women managed that much.
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Americans Don't Get Enough Sleep
The National Sleep Foundation's annual poll found fewer than half of respondents in any ethnic group sleep well most nights, with African Americans reporting the least sleep. About a third of adults said they get less sleep than they need to function at their best.
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Irish-American Heritage Month and St. Patrick's Day Facts
Census figures for 2010: 36.3 million U.S. residents claimed Irish ancestry in 2008, more than eight times Ireland's own population, and 24% of Massachusetts residents did. The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City in 1762.
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Baby's Obesity Risk: What's Mom's Influence?
ARS-funded researcher Kartik Shankar is studying whether a mother's own overweight before and during pregnancy can permanently alter a child's weight-regulating mechanisms, following up earlier work comparing rat pups born to lean and overweight dams.
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Sniffle or Sneeze? No Antibiotics Please
The CDC reminds parents that antibiotics kill bacteria, not the viruses behind colds, flu and most sore throats. Surveys show many Americans still expect a prescription and doctors often yield, which drives the spread of drug-resistant bacteria.
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Despite Recession, Elective Cosmetic Procedures Only Down 2%
Cosmetic surgeries and treatments slipped about 2 percent over the past year, yet more than 17 million Americans spent almost $21 billion on them in 2009. Breast augmentation led, followed by liposuction, while rhinoplasty rose 74 percent and facelifts 44 percent.
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